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Texas A&M may drop free TP in dorms
Houston Chronicle ^
| Wednesday, July 21, 2010
| MAGGIE KIELY
Posted on 07/21/2010 2:29:28 PM PDT by Willie Green
Elaine Benes sits in a bathroom stall, pleading with a stingy toilet-paper hoarder to "spare a square."
"Excuse me. I'm sorry. This is, a, kind-of embarrassing but there's no toilet paper over here."
"Are you talking to me?" the stranger asks.
"Yeah, I just forgot to check. So, if you could spare some."
Nope.
More awkward banter.
"Three squares? You can't spare three squares?" Benes shouts.
The woman leaves after saying: "No I don't have a square to spare. I can't spare a square."
That famous scene from Seinfeld soon may be playing out thousands of times in dorm bathrooms across the Texas A&M campus.
It's come to that.
To save money, the Department of Student Affairs is considering shelving free toilet paper in the residence halls. Discussions still are under way, but it's likely that the larger dorm bathrooms — where four or more gather - will keep the necessary item in stock.
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
TOPICS: US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aggies; cornholio; ineedtp; islamiclaw; napl; onesquare
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Maybe the Aggies will have vending machines that dispense 5 sheets for 25¢
To: Willie Green
Doesn't the stuff just grow on trees?
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posted on
07/21/2010 2:31:07 PM PDT
by
Hodar
(Who needs laws .... when this "feels" so right?)
To: Willie Green
Maybe just a water can beside each stall?
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posted on
07/21/2010 2:31:19 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: tet68
As an Aggie, I gotta say that this is funny, but it sure does signify how times have changed since I was there.
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posted on
07/21/2010 2:33:04 PM PDT
by
GOP_Muzik
(If all the world's a stage then I want different lighting)
To: Willie Green; Slings and Arrows; JoeProBono; Revolting cat!
Corn?
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posted on
07/21/2010 2:34:37 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(I wish our president loved the US military as much as he loves Paul McCartney.)
To: Willie Green
First how ‘bout cutting crap like “Poetry for Lesbian Basket Weavers” and giving the heave-ho to profs of worthless classes, and across-the-board salary cuts to all (ALL) staff and administrators.
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posted on
07/21/2010 2:35:51 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: Willie Green
Get a stack of 1040’s at the library.
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posted on
07/21/2010 2:36:25 PM PDT
by
Mojave
(Ignorant and stoned - Obama's natural constituency.)
To: Willie Green
Man-up Aggies and grab a stack of newspaper from your dad’s outhouse.
To: Willie Green
"Wipe at will"......
To: Willie Green
Just get rid of a couple of profs in Sociology . . . that alone will buy lots of TP
To: Willie Green
Maybe the Aggies will have vending machines that dispense 5 sheets for 25¢ According to the old Aggie joke, a hand is commonly referred to a five day Aggie handkerchief.
Perhaps this will now change if the article is correct.
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posted on
07/21/2010 2:42:11 PM PDT
by
Zakeet
(The Big Wee Wee -- rapidly moving America from WTF to SNAFU to FUBAR)
To: Willie Green
The toilet paper savings would wipe away about $82,000 of the $2.2 million that Student Affairs has been charged to reduce in its operating budget Sheryl Crowe says "Now, I don't want to rob any law-abiding American of his or her God-given rights, but I think we are an industrious enough people that we can make it work with only one square per restroom visit, except, of course, on those pesky occasions where 2 to 3 could be required. "
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posted on
07/21/2010 2:42:23 PM PDT
by
mjp
((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
To: Larry Lucido; Cagey; MotleyGirl70; Gamecock
"Three squares? You can't spare three squares?" Benes shouts.
The woman leaves after saying: "No I don't have a square to spare. I can't spare a square."
That famous scene from Seinfeld soon may be playing out thousands of times in dorm bathrooms across the Texas A&M campus.
It's come to that.
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posted on
07/21/2010 2:44:23 PM PDT
by
earlJam
To: Zakeet
“we’re all muslim now...”
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posted on
07/21/2010 2:45:00 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(I wish our president loved the US military as much as he loves Paul McCartney.)
To: Willie Green
The official Texas A&M Halloween costume...
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posted on
07/21/2010 2:49:16 PM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Never trust anyone who points their rear end at God while praying.)
To: Willie Green
Just put a box of the student newspaper by the door to the bathroom.
To: Willie Green
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posted on
07/21/2010 2:52:31 PM PDT
by
csvset
To: Willie Green
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posted on
07/21/2010 2:55:11 PM PDT
by
csvset
To: Willie Green
Silly Aggies don't know how to use the 3 sea shells. /sarc
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posted on
07/21/2010 2:58:24 PM PDT
by
anymouse
(God didn't write this sitcom we call life, he's just the critic.)
To: GOP_Muzik
Those Aggie freshmen must be overwhelmed by the dorm’s indoor plumbing.
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